Nutritional Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 3

Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis for late versus no AMD.

	OR	95% CI	𝑃 value
Age	1.13	1.117–1.147	1.00 × 10^−13
Gender
Male	1
Female	1.21	0.982–1.490	0.07
Body mass index (BMI) [kg/m^2]
Normal (BMI < 25)	1
Overweight (BMI = 25–29.99)	0.99	0.806–1.226	0.96
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)	1.44	1.076–1.920	0.01
Fish intake
<Once a week	1
Once a week	0.95	0.748–1.195	0.64
2–6x/week	0.91	0.694–1.202	0.52
Daily intake	0.68	0.170–2.728	0.59
Fruit intake
<Once a week	1
Once a week	0.68	0.326–1.427	0.31
2–6x/week	0.58	0.348–0.961	0.04
Daily intake	0.52	0.328–0.823	0.005
Red meat intake
<Once a week	1
Once a week	1.04	0.746–1.448	0.82
2–6x/week	1.67	1.296–2.162	7.982 × 10^−5
Daily intake	2.34	1.610–3.400	8.224 × 10^−6
Alcohol intake	1.00	0.812–1.228	0.99
Smoking	1.56	1.268–1.922	2.743 × 10^−5

Multivariate analysis included age, gender, body mass index, fish intake, fruit intake, red meat intake, alcohol intake, and smoking.
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.